l: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2006)

Latvia
total: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Lebanon
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Lesotho
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006)

Liberia
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2000)

Libya
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2003)

Liechtenstein
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 13 years (2004)

Lithuania
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Luxembourg
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Macau
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Macedonia
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Madagascar
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2006)

Malawi
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2004)

Malaysia
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Maldives
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)

Mali
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 5 years (2005)

Malta
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2005)

Marshall Islands
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2003)

Mauritania
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2006)

Mauritius
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Mexico
total: 13 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Moldova
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Mongolia
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Montserrat
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Morocco
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 9 years (2005)

Mozambique
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2005)

Namibia
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)

Nauru
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 9 years (2006)

Nepal
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2003)

Netherlands
total: 16 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Netherlands Antilles
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2002)

New Zealand
total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 20 years (2006)

Nicaragua
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2003)

Niger
total: